New fiction in March
March's top picks have turmoil and tension, in the best way possible. Check out these much-anticipated new novels to stay on the edge of your seat all the way into spring.
1. Only Ever You by Rebecca Drake
"An adrenaline-fueled thriller. Jill is a fully realized character whose grief and fear are palpable." - Publishers Weekly
Three-year-old Sophia vanishes from a playground for 45 minutes, frantically worrying her mother, Jill. Things go back to normal until three months later, when Sophia disappears again, this time from her bed in the middle of the night. Jill becomes the prime suspect in a murder with no body. Jill sets on a path to prove her innocence and save her daughter.
2. Hurt People by Cote Smith
"A debut novel with red herrings steeped in mind-numbing heat and bone-chilling darkness deep in the modern American prairie." - Kirkus
In 1988 in Leavenworth, Kansas, a convict escapes prison and two young brothers spend blissful summer days at their apartment complex pool. When a mysterious stranger shows up poolside, a rift arises between the brothers. Critics say that Hurt People is "eerily atmospheric, lean and forceful" and that it will "hold you in its grip to the very last page."
3. All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
"Brundage's searing, intricate novel epitomizes the best of the literary thriller, marrying gripping drama with impeccably crafted prose, characterizations and imagery." - Publishers Weekly
George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone in her room across the hall. All Things Cease is a rich, complex portrait of a psychopath and a marriage and a study of the taints that can scar very different families, and even an entire community.
4. The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
"Intoxicating ... I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family." - Amy Poehler
A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives. Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of time, and the fraught yet unbreakable ties we share with those we love.
5. The Never-open Desert Diner by James Anderson
A singularly compelling debut novel, about a remote region of the Utah desert where people go to escape their past, and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
